Federal funding for biomedical research pays off by enabling basic discoveries that lead to lifesaving treatments, writes Jeff Coller, a Johns Hopkins biologist whose lab is developing new ways to ...

New research has shown that modern humans descend from not one but two separate ancient human ancestral lineages.

Adverse genetic mutations can cause harm and are due to various circumstances. "Jumping genes" are one cause of mutations, ...

Adverse genetic mutations can cause harm and are due to various circumstances. 'Jumping genes' are one cause of mutations, but cells try and combat them with a specialized RNA called piRNA.

Adverse genetic mutations can cause harm and are due to various circumstances. "Jumping genes" are one cause of mutations, but cells try and combat them with a specialized RNA called piRNA.

Advances in the gene-editing technology known as CRISPR-Cas9 over the past 15 years have yielded important new insights into ...

Scientists have captured the first detailed 'molecular movie' showing DNA being unzipped at the atomic level -- revealing how cells begin the crucial process of copying their genetic material.

The new findings center on a subset of 22 participants who received amyloid-removing drugs the longest, on average eight years. Long-term amyloid removal cut in half their risk of symptom onset, ...

Aviva's recent research, conducted during Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month, reveals significant gaps in the knowledge of ovarian cancer s ...

A study led by bioengineers at the University of California San Diego sheds new light on how a type of heart valve disease, ...